BEIJING and SHANGHAI,
April 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --
With an electronic laser light show to get the evening started and
an impressive tech-inspired button push to end the night, China
Europe International Business School (CEIBS) has launched the China leg of its 25th Anniversary
Celebration with parallel ceremonies in both Beijing and Shanghai. The launch followed an alumni-led
CSR forum in the capital, and throughout the entire day there was a
recurring theme of CEIBS' role in educating business leaders who go
beyond financial success to achieve global significance.
CEIBS' commitment to educating responsible business leaders was
reaffirmed by the school's President Li Mingjun in his welcome
speech to those gathered at the school's Beijing Campus, and
broadcast live to a packed auditorium at the school's flagship
Shanghai Campus. "We want to develop business leaders who can make
a positive impact on the society," he said. While sharing
highlights from his 30-year journey with CEIBS, renowned economist
and CEIBS Honorary Professor Wu Jinglian noted that "social
responsibility has become a very important part of CEIBS' mission
statement." And in his look ahead at CEIBS' future, President
(European) Dipak Jain told the
audience that, "there is a much bigger journey, one that is about
making a difference in other parts of the world."
In addition to the school leadership's inclusion of CSR at the
organization's strategic level, CEIBS alumni have also made it a
major focus. It is the theme for all their upcoming annual meetings
and today's CSR forum served as the backdrop for the release of
CEIBS' second annual CSR report, a joint project between the
school's faculty and alumni.
Along with the strong CSR theme, today's launch was also an
opportunity to reminisce and look ahead to the future. In his
speech President Li also spoke about the challenges and
accomplishments of the last quarter century, during which the
school — a successful joint venture between China and the EU — has played a major role in
strengthening the relationship between both sides. He also looked
ahead to the role CEIBS will play in shaping the future of the
global economy. "With China's increasing global status and the
deepening integration of its economy with the rest of the world,
the focus of global management education is also shifting to
China," he said. "CEIBS will
continue to shoulder important missions in the future. Today, I
hope as we all relive the path that CEIBS has travelled, we will
also embrace — and move forward with — the school's time-honoured
traditions."
Meanwhile President (European) Jain shared the school's plans to
— while maintaining its focus on China — enhance its international visibility,
build a strong presence in the US through partnerships with other
schools and companies and strengthen its European and African
initiatives. The next eight months of anniversary celebrations will
span 11 cities across 4 continents and is expected to help boost
the school's visibility outside of China. Today's dual-city celebration follows
the international anniversary launch in Ghana on April
9, which included a signature CEIBS 1+1 Lecture at
the school's Accra Campus. In the coming months, there will be 5
major conferences overseas. The first of these will take place on
May 15 in Boston, USA,
and will explore the topic of the increasingly important digital
economy. On July 5, a special Munich
Forum will focus on how China and
Germany can work together in the
context of changing consumer needs and the technological
revolution. Then, on July 12, CEIBS
will host a Roundtable Workshop in Brussels, where a carefully selected group of
participants will discuss Sino-EU economic cooperation.
These are just some of the activities planned to mark the CEIBS
25th Anniversary Celebration in Asia, Europe,
Africa, and North America, before culminating in a closing
ceremony at CEIBS' flagship Shanghai campus in November. The theme of the
eight-month-long celebration is China Essence, Global Significance.
For more details about CEIBS 25th Anniversary Celebration
visit http://www.ceibs.edu/special/25/en/index.html
About CEIBS
China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) is among the
top international business schools in Asia, where it is the only one to have
simultaneously made it to the Financial Times' top 5 list of
global MBA and EMBA programmes.
CEIBS has more than 22,000 alumni from over 80 countries
worldwide, and over the last 25 years has provided a broad range of
management programmes to more than 160,000 executives both at home
and abroad. It also offers a Finance MBA, Hospitality EMBA and a
wide range of Executive Education programmes. With a faculty team
that has extensive China knowledge
and global insight, CEIBS is uniquely equipped to nurture business
leaders, at every stage of their careers, preparing them to make a
global impact. An unrivalled China
expert, CEIBS is guided by the concept of China Depth, Global
Breadth. This is tangibly reflected in the school's activities and
operations at its 5 campuses across 3 continents. CEIBS has
campuses in Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen in China, as well as Zurich in Switzerland, and Accra in Ghana.
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